In the latest The Big Issue magazine, Christopher Eccleston revealed how he felt he was made to feel like a villain as fans celebrated the return of Doctor Who in 2005. “Nobody worked harder than me on my 13 episodes of Doctor Who. I adored playing the character. The problem was that as it was … >
Christopher Eccleston feels he helped reinvent Doctor Who by being the first actor to give the ninth Doctor a northern accent. Eccleston thinks there was “an equation there between intelligence and the upper classes.” That changed when the Doctor, a character known for solving problems and fighting evil though itelligence and not brute strength, stopped … >
From her surprise reappearance in ‘Partners in Crime’ to their dramatic reunion, Doctor Who teased Rose’s return throughout Series 4. The Dimension Cannon box set fills that gap in the Doctor Who canon, following Rose’s quest thought parallel universes to find him. Returning with Billie Piper are Camille Coduri and Shaun Dingwall, the latter making … >
Screenwriter and novelist Terrance Dicks died on August 28 at the age of 84, as announced by his agency on September 5. Dicks was best known as a writer for Doctor Who and as the programme’s script editor from 1968 to 1974. He also adapted many Doctor Who televised stories into novelisations for Target Books. … >
When Doctor Who returned in 2005, the roles of Script Editor and Producer had changed. The Script Editor was no longer a creative role, and was now about storytelling logic, continuity and liaising between writers and the production team. The Show Runner (who was also an Executive Producer) was the main creative force, commissioning stories, … >
A landmark piece of representation for gay men, Russell T Davies’ Queer as Folk has been a cult favourite for decades, and now a US remake is in the offing… Russell T Davies, the man who created the original series (and brought back a show called Doctor Who 14 years ago), is set to executive produce a new … >
Following the huge success of A Very English Scandal Russell T Davies is penning a new futuristic drama, Years and Years – starring Emma Thompson, Rory Kinnear and a bunch more stars… Years and Years will be a limited six-part series and take place in a future vision of UK. As Britain is rocked by unstable political, economic and technological … >
There has been quite a bit of talk that Chris Chibnall would choose a writers’ room approach to screenwriting for Doctor Who Series 11. This was somewhat belied when Chibnall’s five fellow Series 11 writers were asked by Doctor Who Magazine to employ three words describe their own episodes. The truth lies somewhere in between … >
Russell T. Davies is continuing his exploration of timely gay issues with his new Channel 4 drama, The Boys, which will chronicle the lives of three gay men during the AIDS epidemic of the 80s. The project has been in gestation for years with Davies claiming this is his most heavily-researched series yet, and now Channel … >
Russell T. Davies’ next TV project will be Years And Years, a family drama on the BBC that spans different periods of time. Davies – the showrunner that brought back Doctor Who in 2005 – has wowed viewers in recent weeks with his political drama starring Hugh Grant and Ben Whishaw, A Very English Scandal. Years And Years will be based … >